The theme for The Gallery this week is a celebration. I see a few people have chosen a photo of their wedding day but I’m not ashamed to admit that my wedding day wasn’t the best day of my life! We both dislike being the centre of attention and found the planning stressful and the day itself a bit overwhelming. Our honeymoon was a different matter. The picture I’ve chosen sums up our 2 week jaunt around Scandinavia. No, it didn’t rain all the time (!) but we had a laugh exploring new places, travelling by plane, boat, train through…
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our wedding rings, originally uploaded by Jennifer Young. I’m pleased to say I managed to walk unaided (apart from the arm of my cousin) down the aisle on Saturday. The day went really well, the weather was AMAZING and I was only 10 minutes late for the Church! We’re off on honeymoon to Scandinavia for 2 weeks …. bliss.
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I thought my crafting mojo had well and truly left me over the last few months what with wedding preparations and my toe injury. As Lottie commented, sick leave = crafting time but I haven’t felt like making anything, until today. I read about the free Black Apple Doll months ago but thought I would attempt it. The pattern can be found here and this is how it turned out: not bad for a first attempt! I also received some lovely goodies from Belle and Boo today. I couldn’t resist purchasing some of their lovely stickers, magnets and paper goods.…
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The joy of being at home resting my foot means that I am ready to pounce on the postman before he has a chance to take parcels back to the depot. Today I received a lovely parcel from Sam as I was the lucky winner of her recent blogiversary giveaway. She sent me a beautiful handmade card, ring, keyring and necklace made from her wonderful fabric covered buttons. The parcel really cheered me up and her work is amazing so go and check it out! These also arrived today, beautiful pearl hairpins for the wedding. I spent ages looking for…
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So, 16 days before our wedding and I have managed to break the big toe on my right foot. I stubbed my toe yesterday – which hurt like mad – but couldn’t do anything about it as I was up in north Scotland for work. By the time I got home and looked at my toe it was a horrible shade of purple and I could barely walk on it. This morning I went to see the Doctor who sent me off to get my toe x-rayed at one hospital, and then on to another hospital so the A&E department…
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As I previously mentioned we designed our own wedding invites using a variety of pictures of us when we were little. We chose four designs and printed them through wonderful moo. We also made a set of RSVP postcards using our favourite photographs taken on the Isle of Wight. We made sure we addressed the postcards and put a stamp on them so I hope everyone sends them back – hopefully they will be a wonderful keepsake from our wedding. Our theme has really come together over the last few weeks which I am so pleased about. We did some…
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We’ve been incredibly busy organising our wedding over the last few weeks. We set a date, booked a Church and reception venue, and finally ordered the invites and associated stationery. Who knew that getting married could be so exhausting? Practically every day a decision has to be made. We’ve picked a great theme to hold the day together and we’ve roped in my mum to help us source objects. All will be revealed! I couldn’t help but play with this, found here. And finally (bit of a long post for me today!) I’ve found a new swap to make a…
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In tacky wedding news we don’t yet have a date but we do have a countdown clock and it’s wonderfully kitsch. We’re currently on the Isle of Wight looking at more venues and re-visiting a couple of favourite venues. I’m experiencing the full horror of dress appointments tomorrow! Wish me luck. PS I’ve finally turned off my spam filter as some people told me they had difficulty leaving comments. I just thought nobody read my blog so please feel free to say hello if you’re lurking 🙂
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We are spending a couple of sunny days in Devon visiting some family. We haven’t spent too much time talking about our wedding although I have been showing off my lovely ring. However, my three year old neice is very excited and has it all planned for us. She said “Auntie Jenny and Uncle Robin are getting married. It will be Fairyland, and I shall be a pink fairy – with wings. Right?” How can I resist….